May 1st and 2nd

The Carthage Redmen traveled to Decator Illinois to play the University of Millikin. The red men were able to take two of the three games from the big blue. The first game the Redmen won 9-8. However, in the second game Millikin hit a walk off grand slam to win the game. The third game the Redmen were able to win by the score of twelve to two. The Redmen were able to solitify their spot in the conference tournament this past weekend. However, they are still competing for the the conference championship this weekend hoping to take three games from North Park while North Central loses three to Illinois Weslyan.

Cory Everts begins his sixth year as assistant coach in 2010. A native of Hortonville, Wis., Everts had a four-year baseball career at Carthage. He was named an American Baseball Coaches Association third-team All-American and first-team All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin in 1992, first-team all-conference in 1991 and second-team All-CCIW in 1993. Everts is ranked second on the Carthage career wins list (26), third in earned run average (2.16), second in strikeouts (185), second in innings pitched (229.3) and second in shutouts (8). He set a Carthage season record in 1992 with five shutouts, and his 1.02 earned run average that year is the Redmen’s third-best. Everts was inducted into the Carthage Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.